By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) -The death toll among followers of a Kenyan cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves has risen to 89, Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said on Tuesday, calling for the group’s leader to spend the rest of his life in prison. The toll has steadily risen …
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By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The safe-haven dollar and yen rose on Tuesday as market sentiment turned risk-averse amid renewed worries about the banking sector and the outlook for the global economy, which knocked the euro off a nearly 10-month high. The U.S. dollar index climbed 0.6% to 101.83, having dropped more than …
CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudanese ex-official Ahmed Haroun, who served under Omar al-Bashir and is wanted by the International Criminal Court, said that he and other former officials of Bashir’s government had left Kober prison and would take responsibility for their own protection, in a statement aired on Sudan’s Tayba TV on Tuesday. Â Â Â Haroun also …
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Countries including France and Germany have helped evacuate about 100 Canadians from Sudan, and Canada is working to evacuate more civilians during a 72-hour ceasefire agreed by warring factions in the North African country, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Tuesday. Countries globally have rushed to extract foreign diplomats …
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By Kylie MacLellan and Michele Kambas LONDON/NICOSIA (Reuters) -Britain launched a large-scale evacuation of its citizens from Sudan on Tuesday, joining other nations racing to get their people out of the North African country after its warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire. Britain, which has estimated that about 4,000 of its nationals are in …
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BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Italian energy group Eni and Congo Republic’s government on Tuesday launched a $5 billion gas liquefaction project expected to reach a production capacity of 3 million tonnes per year in 2025. The development of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) capacity is part of Italy’s strategy to cut dependence on Russia since it …
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s rand slipped on Tuesday against the dollar, as the central bank warned core inflation in the country remained elevated and a leading business cycle indicator fell. At 1530 GMT, the rand traded at 18.3825 against the dollar, about 1.35% weaker than its closing level on Monday. The dollar index, which measures …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz and El Tayeb Siddig KHARTOUM (Reuters) – As foreign governments scramble to evacuate their nationals from Sudan, those with nowhere to go say they feel forsaken, and fear the exodus of expatriates could mean worse bloodshed to come. More than a week of deadly fighting between rival wings of the Sudanese military …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) said on Tuesday that headline inflation had peaked but core inflation remained elevated, putting upward pressure on the consumer prices outlook. The central bank in its April Monetary Policy Review said rolling power cuts also continued to slow growth, reiterating that they would shave off up …
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By Cecile Mantovani and Emma Farge BERN (Reuters) -A Swiss ambassador described on Tuesday a narrow escape during a French-assisted evacuation mission from Sudan, with air strikes shaking an evacuation bus carrying diplomats to a military base. Switzerland has already shut its embassy and evacuated all Swiss staff and their families over the past few …
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